My frustration blog has by far turned out to be the most popular blog I’ve written. Not in the number of hits it’s received but in the number of passionate comments I’ve gotten. That being the case I’ve decided to do a follow up on it. I must reiterate that my blogs are MY OPINIONS based on real interactions and experiences. I tell the truth, if you don’t like it, don’t read it. For the record, our experiences have not involved long time developers in the area. Two of those developers contacted me today with comments. Apparently, my blog is being [View Full Entry]

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Have you dreamed of visiting Costa Rica? We've got a great opportunity for the right person. We need to be in San Diego for a week next summer in late July to attend Bill's son's wedding and we’re in need of someone to dog sit for us. Bear is our 12 yr old, four legged son. Flying him to California and back with us is not an option. It was stressful enough having him fly once to move here. Taking him to a kennel is also out of the question. We did that once and never will again. He’s a part [View Full Entry]

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We arrived home yesterday evening from a very relaxing 3 day, 2 night stay with friends in Herradura. Our friends Terry and Elena are our oldest friends in our new lives, not in age, in the length of time we've known them. Terry was the only other person on our George Lundquist tour last summer. We all met Elena our second night of the tour, it was a love connection for them. The two are now married and living happily ever after at the beach. The seven of us, including dogs all moved back to Costa Rica within days of each [View Full Entry]

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You gotta have faith to drive in Costa Rica. I drove the hour drive home to San Ramon from Pavas last night. Trust me, it wasn’t my choice. I don’t drive much here. Driving when I slept for three hours the previous night was not something I looked forward to. We drove into Pavas for Bill to watch college football with friends, the Gators vs Georgia. Go Gators! While Bill sported his ASU shirt he doesn’t have much hope for them this year. He misses college football terribly and surprisingly the commercials that go with it. Who knew? I think we’ll [View Full Entry]

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Our friends came back to San Ramon to spend their last night in the country with us, what a pleasure! They arrived mid-afternoon, the women with shopping in mind. We left Bill, Dustin and Bear to amuse themselves while Jesslyn, Manu, Callista and I hit the shops around town. We had a great time, coming from a non-shopper like me that’s saying something. Callista and I discovered shops we didn’t know existed. She was in heaven when Jesslyn said she wanted to check out shoe stores. Calli has a shoe fetish that isn’t fulfilled with her non shopper mom. In one [View Full Entry]

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I’ve been having a hard time blogging lately. The thought of not blogging anymore has been prominent. I’ve had something to say but am having trouble conveying it in a nice way. To heck with that, this is my blog and I can write whatever I want. This is a blog about our experiences in Costa Rica, the good, the bad and the ugly. If you don’t like it, don’t read it. My frustration of late is due to the people selling real estate in our area. Many are lured to Costa Rica for the cost of living, the ability to [View Full Entry]

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Our friends Jesslyn, Dustin and Emanuelle from Arizona stopped to visit us for a few days on their two week trip to Costa Rica. Here's how things went. Sunday mid-day we met them at the mall off the auto pista. Unfortunately, they arrived before we did as Bill's intuition is a little rusty. We brought them to the house to get settled in then went out for a driving tour of San Ramon in the rain and had a late lunch in one of our favorite restaurants, Pilar Hildalgo. We came back to the house and discussed what they wanted to [View Full Entry]

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Friends, our friends in Costa Rica are awesome! We met two other families’ blogging about Costa Rica thru our blog, When you blog, you seek out others. Trust me, it’s kind of an addiction. The Bortman’s of http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/TheBortmans/ and The O’Boyle’s of www.abroadincostarica.com and http://haloboyle.blogspot.com/ . One of the best things about moving to Costa Rica is the people you meet. We’re pretty open and willing to make friends with the locals but are cautious bringing North Americans into our lives. People move here for millions of [View Full Entry]

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We passed! It took us two tries but on Friday 13th of all days we passed our auto inspection and received our window stickers. WHEW! That’s a relief. You can’t drive in Costa Rica without your sticker. Ok, you can but you’re asking to be pulled over. Why court trouble. Here’s how Revision works: You call and make an appointment at the location nearest you or make reservations online at least 14 days in advance of desired appointment date. I’d call and verify a couple of days after making the appointment online but that’s just me. http://www.rtv.co.cr/ W [View Full Entry]

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(I wrote this a few days ago but just got around to addingo photos and publishing) It was official a week ago, today it was confirmed. Baseball season is all but over. I'm not a sports fan. Bill often tells me about games he watches on TV but knows I have selective hearing as well. We don’t get the AZ Republic on our doorstep in Costa Rica and I don't watch the news so it’s easy to be oblivious to sporting news and not realize when seasons change. The one thing capturing my attention about the end of baseball season is [View Full Entry]

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